The 2023-2024 legislative session officially closed on December 31, 2024. Before the clock struck midnight, my colleagues and I worked to pass important health care-focused bills and send them to [...]
A love letter to the Hampshire, Franklin, Worcester district Last week, days before the close of the current 2023-2024 legislative session, the Governor signed an omnibus substance use disorder [...]
On December 19, the Massachusetts Legislature approved omnibus legislation to combat the opioid crisis. H.5143 — An Act relative to treatments and coverage for substance use disorder and recovery [...]
On November 21, Governor Healey signed An Act promoting a clean energy grid, advancing equity, and protecting ratepayers into law. I have engaged deeply with the Healey-Driscoll Administration [...]
As we reflect on the 2023-2024 legislative session and look forward to the 2025-2026 session, please find our combo November and December newsletter below. This newsletter includes a legislative [...]
How do we know how much money we can spend in next year’s budget? What do recent economic trends, domestically and globally, mean for Massachusetts tax revenues? What will be […]
Twenty of our bills (almost 30%) were either signed into law (in whole or in part*) or implemented by the Administration or by ballot measure. A list of them follows, […]
On November 20, Governor Maura Healey signed into law An Act relative to strengthening Massachusetts’ economic leadership (H.5100), authorizing a nearly $4 billion infusion into the [...]
On October 30, $24.6 million in Food Security Infrastructure Grants (FSIG) were announced. These grants support farmers, food production and distribution, and help ensure fresh local food is [...]
On October 31, The Daily Hampshire Gazette published an op-ed that Dr. Stephen G. Sireci, Distinguished Professor and executive director of the Center for Educational Assessment at UMass Amherst, [...]